Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-10-06
THE NEW coMsIANpER.

John p. Res was born Oct. Is. 1s4o. in Lower,
Oxford township. Chester county, Pa His
fakher owned q WOODEN factory, and he passed
his time there and attending school until Sep
TENDER, 1850. when he went to Piqua, ONO,
where hs taught school When the war broke
out he promptly enlisted and became a member
of Company h, Eleventh Ohio infantry. He
served with this regiment foUr months and was
then commissioned as second lieutenant OF
Company i, First Ohio cavalry. promoted TO
first lieutenant March IL, 1862, aud in April Of
the following year to the rank OF captain. and
was breYeted major. He served in the regiment
three years and four months, and was absent
but tan days, seven as prisoner and three days
on sick leave. After returning from the war be
entered the Wesleyan college, at Delaware. Ohio.
and graduated in the classical course
1865, he entered the office of Hon.
o. J. Dickey of Lancaster, Pa. as a law student,
and was admitted 10 the bar there in August,
and in March, 1863, was appointed one of three
~notsrles public in Lancaster by GOV. Geary, but
nal revenue By President Grant for the Ninth
district of Pennsylvania which Office he held
until il was abolished by Law in ls73. In 1850
he was married to Miss Emma Gould of Ohio.
They have no children. He continued practicinr
law in Lancaster until December. 1873, when he
removed 20 MINNEAPOLIS His cousin, John A
Ros. nov OF Bismarck, was a. that time actively
engaged in newspaper work in Minneapolis. and
In conjunction with A. q. Wilcox, James l. Hen
dryx and Charles +. Hendrix. Judge Rea and
John A. Rea purchased the TTibnne. and the sub
~ ~ @RAE 8aSa1An 1RAAs2" $50 NS-AN - A@~-a#
In May, 1876, a controlling interest in theTrib-
une. then a morning paper. was purchased by
abe PIONEER PRESS and converted into an even
ing paper. Judge Rea, a minority stockhoideT,
continued as editor until Nav. 1877, when he
RESUMED IRE PRACTICE OF Law
and became a member OF the 1rm Of Res, Hooker
& Woolley. This firm was subsequently changed
and became Rea. Wpolley & kItchell. and snbse-
quently Rea, kitchell a. Shaw. In November,
1877. he was elected jujge Of probate. and
served for four years with conspicuous ability.
He continued his relationship, however, with the
law firm with which be was connected. This
firm had, probably. the largest practice of any
in the city. In April. 1856. Judge koon re-
signed his scat on the bench OF the district court
of this district, and in response to the very gen.
eral wish Of the Heunepin county bar Gov. Hab-
bard appointed Judge ReA. He now adorns that
position OF honor and responsibility. Judge Rsa
has always been prominent in the Grand Army
He is . member and past commander of George
N. Morgan post, and his voice Is always heard
on any occasion where the interests of the old
soldier are involved. He lie a forcible public
speaker, tnfusiug pathos and power into his
ut.erances. He is thorough going Republican,
and has always taken an active interest in poli-
tics. but his Is not offensive p~artisanship, and
the necessity of excluding political matters
from the realm of the @. A r is with him q car
dinAl principle. He has already held the posi-
tion Of senior vice commander OF the national
organization. Personally he is one Of the most
genial Of men, and he is the last taan in the
world to injure another's feelings in any way.
The result is. he has a host OF friends TO rejoice
over his latest and greatest honor and no enc
mics TO lament the event